It has been five days since Yang Yuanqing returned from Mayi County. For five days, the entire Taiyuan City and even the government and the country were busy with tens of millions of cattle and sheep. From top to bottom, he was not happy. The population of the Sui Dynasty was only more than four million households.
On average, each household can get five cattle and sheep, which is a generous gift for flat-headed folks.
During these five days, Yang Yuanqing was finally able to completely relax himself and rest for a few days. After a while, the final battle between Sui and Tang Dynasties will begin. At that time, he will devote himself to the final battle. The text first release
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The light in the study was as bright as dark as it was. Yang Yuanqing was half lying on a couch with a backrest and a thick mattress, reading a book very leisurely. At this time, he no longer considered the battle in Bashu, no longer worried about the battle in Hanzhong, nor did he consider the inner city of the pass.
Confrontation.
He didn't think about anything, just enjoying this rare moment of leisure.
The door opened gently, and the eldest daughter Yang Bing walked in slowly with a cup of tea. During the time she came back, she had to fry a cup of tea for her father every day. Although she felt that her father was not very used to the tea she fryed,
It would be a pleasure to force him to drink it.
“My tea is here.”
When Yang Yuanqing saw his daughter coming in with tea, he quickly sat upright and smiled.
Pei Minqiu said that Yang Bing was Yang Yuanqing's treasure, which was not exaggerated at all. Among all Yang Yuanqing's children, the one he loved the most was his eldest daughter.
Generally, fathers love their daughters, especially a daughter who has grown up. He has not spent much time with her, so he feels even more distressed.
"Dad, I paid special attention to the heat of the tea fried today. If you try it, is it different from the previous two days?"
Yang Bing put the teacup on the table, twisted his fingers, and looked at his father with anticipation. His eyes clearly had hopes to get his father's praise.
Yang Yuanqing likes the tea that his daughter cooks. Although he is more accustomed to the skills of Aunt Yu, who is responsible for tea-sing in the mansion, he would rather sacrifice the taste of tea tasting if he can get his daughter's filial piety.
Yang Yuanqing picked up the teacup and sucked it slowly. It was improved compared to the previous two days. The slight fireworks aura was gone, and the tea taste became more pure. This was the time to start to master the heat of the sencha.
"Not bad! Very pure, good tea!"
Yang Yuanqing gave the praise to his daughter without hesitation. Yang Bing's face turned red with excitement, "I'll fry another pot of tea for my father in the afternoon."
Just like someone who just mastered a skill, she couldn't wait to practice, and Yang Yuanqing nodded, "In another year, your tea-sing skills will surpass Aunt Yu."
"Dad, I want to go to Taipei City to buy something."
"Go! Daddy allows you to go."
After pausing, Yang Yuanqing found that his daughter was not making any noise. He couldn't help but look at her strangely, and saw that she was looking at him with grievance.
"What's wrong?"
"Dad, I want to..." Yang Bing stopped talking.
Yang Yuanqing thought about it and suddenly understood his daughter's little thoughts. He laughed and said, "You want your father to accompany you to Taipei City, right!"
Yang Bing nodded, "Sihua is going too, my father has been very busy and has no time to accompany us."
Yang Yuanqing felt guilty. He had almost been fighting outside these years and had no time to accompany his children. In a blink of an eye, his eldest daughter was twelve years old and his second daughter was ten years old. He really should accompany his children.[
"Well! I happened to have time these two days, so I will accompany you out for a walk."
Yang Bing jumped up with joy, "My name is Sihua!" She ran away in a blink of an eye.
Yang Yuanqing smiled bitterly, and then he realized that although his daughter was very tall, she was actually a child in her bones.
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Taiyuan Beishi has always been the barometer of the Great Sui economy. It collects supplies from all over the Sui Dynasty, including the great trees from Yuzhang County, rice, silk, celadon and tea from Jiangnan. It comes here through water transportation, and also
The fur, medicinal materials, etc. of the northern grasslands are available in all kinds of goods in the shops in Taipei City.
When the drought occurred last year, the city of Taipei also became a little depressed, but with the good weather this year and the merger of the south into the Sui territory, the trade in Taipei once again flourished.
The city was filled with people, and tens of thousands of merchants from all over the world gathered here. The streets were filled with various accents from all over the world, and you could even see the Hu merchants leading the camels.
At this time, an ordinary carriage drove into the gate of Beishi. As the Sui Dynasty continued to win the war against the grassland peoples, a large amount of grassland supplies also poured into the Sui Dynasty. For example, the price of sheepskin fell several times and became cheap goods.
The beggars on the street also own one or two pieces of sheepskin, and the originally expensive horses gradually entered thousands of households and became ordinary home transportation.
There are more and more horse-drawn carriages and ox carriages on the street. Horse riding is no longer a symbol of status. Ordinary cavalry has become the norm. So when this carriage appears at the gate of Taipei City, no one pays attention to it, let alone without any decorations.
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However, some smart people discovered the unusualness of this carriage, that is, there are twenty knight guards around, each of whom is tall and big, with a round waist, and the best horses he rides are also the best horses. With the popularity of horses, most of them are ordinary
People know more or less the art of horse racing.
The war horses of these knights are strong, slender limbs, shiny fur and a mixed hair. These are all top-quality war horses and they can't see them in the market. So what is the identity of the people in the carriage they are escorting? Many people
They are all full of interest.
In the carriage, Yang Yuanqing sat on the right, leaning against the wall of the car, squinting his eyes to rest. From time to time, he opened his two precious daughters who were happy like two little birds, showing a knowing smile.
The two daughters squeezed into the left mouth, looked out of the car excitedly, whispering in a low voice, wondering what they were discussing?
"You two, what do you want to buy?" Yang Yuanqing asked with a smile.
Yang Bing and Sihua looked at each other and said in unison: "I want to buy musical instruments!"
"oh--"
Yang Yuanqing said "Oh" for a long time and said with a smile: "I'm going to buy you some jewelry!"
The eyes of the two women lit up suddenly, and they said in unison, "Buy jewelry!"
Girls like jewelry such as jade, and Yang Bing and Sihua are no exception. However, Pei Minqiu is very strict in control. He only buys them a piece of jewelry on their birthdays every year, and the price is not too expensive. Today they
My father was willing to buy jewelry for them, so the two girls were of course overjoyed.
At this time, their plan to buy musical instruments was long gone by them. The two of them immediately began to think about what jewelry to buy, whether to buy hairpin or ring jewelry?
"You will be discovered by your mother when you buy jewelry."
Yang Sihua whispered: "She will definitely say that she will keep it for us, and in the end we will have no share, so we don't need jewelry."[
Yang Bing also agreed deeply. Last time her grandmother gave her a pair of precious jade bracelets, which was taken away by her mother and said it was for custody, but in the end she found that the bracelets appeared on Xiao Niang's wrist. It was said that they were by her father.
Used as a token.
Thinking of this, Yang Bing felt angry and nodded, "Let's buy jewelry and hide it in the box."
The two girls made up their minds and secretly glanced at their father. Seeing his broad smile on his face, they pursed their lips and smiled together...
The carriage was transferred to the jewelry shop, which was a concentrated place for jewelry stores in Taipei. There were Hu jewelry and Han jewelry shops opened by Han people. There were more than twenty stores, with people coming and going, and business was booming.
The three got off the carriage, looked at the jewelry stores on both sides, and asked with a smile: "Which one do you want to go to?"
"Dad, let's go here."
On one side, the two daughters took Yang Yuanqing's hand and headed towards the largest Huren jewelry store.
This jewelry store is called Kang's Jewelry. It is run by a Kangguo Hu Commercial Store. The store is large and decorated very elegantly. It is hosted by more than a dozen Guji. There are no display items and there are thirty tables.
If necessary, the shop’s shop will put the jewelry box on the table for the guests to choose.
As soon as they walked into the store, a pretty beard came up and welcomed them in half-baked Chinese.
Yang Yuanqing looked at the store again and always felt that the atmosphere in the store was a bit familiar. At this moment, he suddenly saw a familiar figure, thin and tall. Yang Yuanqing couldn't help laughing and shouting: "Old Kang!"
Hu Shang suddenly turned around and it was Yang Yuanqing's old friend Conbas. His eyes suddenly lit up. He quickly stepped forward and was about to kneel down, but Yang Yuanqing stopped him and smiled and said, "Don't reveal my identity."
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Combas immediately woke up and said quickly: "Please come with me."
He led Yang Yuanqing into the guest room, and the two of them smiled and hugged each other tightly. Only then did Yang Bing and Sihua realize that their father knew this Hu Shang and seemed to have a good relationship.
Yang Yuanqing patted Combas on the shoulder and smiled and said, "I thought you were back to Kangguo."
Combas sighed, "Hometown is not peaceful, I can't go back for the time being, so I'll talk about it after the war is over!"
He glanced at Yang Yuanqing's two daughters again and praised with a smile: "These should be the two princesses! I haven't seen each other for many years, but I have grown up so old."
"Um!"
Yang Yuanqing nodded and said to his two daughters: "This is Uncle Kang, his father's old subordinate, and an old friend. You should treat him."
Yang Bing and Sihua hurried forward to salute, "See Uncle Kang!"
"Don't dare! Don't dare!"
Combas waved his hands repeatedly and said to Yang Yuanqing: "Your Highness, two princesses, please sit here!"
Yang Yuanqing sat down at a small table with his two daughters and asked again: "Lao Kang, aren't you doing the wine business? Why are you selling jewelry again?"
Conbas ordered Hu Ji to serve tea, and then he smiled and said, "The wine business is still in progress, the tea business is also in progress. Jewelry has been in progress for three years. I will not hide it from Your Highness. The Western Regions House winery in the east of the city is also my asset.
I have three camel caravans and two thousand camels, traveling between the Western Regions and the Central Plains.”
"It seems to be really big."
Yang Yuanqing remembered the situation when Combas was captured, and recalled it in his heart, and sighed: "It has been twenty years in this blink of an eye, and Lao Kang is almost fifty years old!"
"I'll be fifty next year."
Yang Yuanqing pointed at his two daughters and smiled: "I brought them here today to buy some jewelry for them. I didn't expect that the largest jewelry store was opened by old friends. What a coincidence!"
"This is called fate."
Combas quickly turned around and ordered the manager to "bring the jade box in my inner room."
When Yang Yuanqing heard his tone, he was probably worth a lot of money and hurriedly said, "I will explain first that I will not take advantage of you when I buy and sell at a fair price. Friendship is friendship, and business is business."
Combas smiled and said, "Friends are like mountains and friendships are like seas, how can we be fair?"